Yuēbó 38:39

39 Mǔ shīzi zaì dòng zhōng dūn fú , shǎo zhuàng shīzi zaì yǐn mì chù máifu .

Yuēbó 38:39 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:39

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?
&c.] From meteors the Lord passes to animals, beasts, and birds, wherefore some here begin the thirty ninth chapter, which only treats of such; and he begins with the lion, the strongest among beasts, and most fierce; cruel, and voracious; and asks, who hunts his prey for him? Not man, who cannot; and if he could, durst not: but the Lord does; and, according to some writers F24, he has provided a small creature, between a fox and a wolf, called a jackal; which goes before the lion, and hunts the prey for him. And could this be understood particularly of the old lion, as Cocceius and others, naturalists F25 observe, that young lions hunt for the old ones, when they are not able to go in search of prey; and when they have got it, either bring it to them, or call them to partake of it with them;

or fill the appetite of the young lions,
whose appetite is sharp and keen, and requires a great deal to fill it, and especially to satisfy a great many of them; herds of them, as Mr. Broughton renders the word, and which signifies a company; see ( Psalms 68:30 ) . Men cannot feed them, but God can and does; there being some ends in Providence to be answered thereby, see ( Psalms 104:21 ) ; see also ( Psalms 34:8-10 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F24 Thevenot's Travels, part 2. c. 13.
F25 Aelian. de Animal. l. 9. c. 1.

Yuēbó 38:39 In-Context

37 Shuí néng yòng zhìhuì shǔ suàn yúncai ne . chéntǔ jùjí chéng tuán , tǔ kuaì jǐn jǐn jié lián .
38 Nàshí , shuí néng qīng dǎo tiān shang de píng ne .
39 Mǔ shīzi zaì dòng zhōng dūn fú , shǎo zhuàng shīzi zaì yǐn mì chù máifu .
40 Nǐ néng wèi tāmen zhuā qǔ shíwù , shǐ tāmen bǎozú ma .
41 Wūyē zhī chú yīn wú shíwù fēi lái fēi qù , āigào shén . nàshí , shuí wèi tā yùbeì shíwù ne .
Public Domain